Wild & Scenic Film Fest Media Lounge - Rebecca Tarbotton, Rainforest Action Network

Rebecca Tarbotton, executive director of Rainforest Action Network, stars in the documentary "Dirty Business" directed by Peter Bull. Rebecca sits down with See Jane Do's Jesse Locks to discuss the nation's dependency on coal and what we can do to end it.

Rebecca Tarbotton is the current executive director of Rainforest Action Network (RAN). Before becoming executive director, Rebecca led campaigns at RAN against one of the most potent forces behind environmental destruction: financing of fossil fuel projects by large American banks. She went toe-to-toe with some of the nation's most powerful CEOs to lead RAN to one of its most important victories of the past decade: the creation of a sector-wide bank policy that put limits on the financing of new coal-fired power plants, creating a pivotal moment in the battle to curtail the construction of 200 planned new coal plants. Rebecca is featured in the film "Dirty Business." Rebecca, along with director Peter Bull, presented the film at this year's Wild & Scenic Film Festival. Half our electricity still comes from coal, the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Through a series of stories shot in China, Saskatchewan, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and New York, the "Dirty Business" reveals the social and environmental costs of coal power, explores the murky realities of "clean coal," and profiles innovators who could lead the way to a renewable energy future.

www.dirtybusinessthefilm.com

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